"black fungus" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-black fungus.wav Forms: black funguses [plural], black fungi [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|+|black fungi}} black fungus (countable and uncountable, plural black funguses or black fungi)
  1. (pathology) Synonym of mucormycosis. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: mucormycosis [synonym, synonym-of]
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  2. A fungus of order Sphaeriales. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-black_fungus-en-noun-QxyOuujw
  3. (cooking) Synonym of wood-ear. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-black_fungus-en-noun-5yIdfGLt Categories (other): Cooking, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 1 32 29 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 1 32 32 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 1 32 32 3 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle Synonyms: wood ear, woodear, tree-ear, tree ear, wood jellyfish, tree jellyfish, wood-ear fungus, wood ear fungus, woodear fungus, tree-ear fungus, tree ear fungus, wood jellyfish fungus, tree jellyfish fungus, wood-ear mushroom, wood ear mushroom, woodear mushroom, tree-ear mushroom, tree ear mushroom, wood jellyfish mushroom, tree jellyfish mushroom, wood-ear [synonym, synonym-of]
  4. (cooking) Synonym of bronze bolete (Boletus aereus). Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: dark cep, black cep, bronze cep, dark bolette, black bolette, bronze bolette, queen bolette, bronze bolete [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-black_fungus-en-noun-MVTbKEDJ Categories (other): Cooking, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 1 32 29 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 1 32 32 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 1 32 32 3 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  5. Synonym of black yeast. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: black yeast [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-black_fungus-en-noun-VbOlfCT6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: black fungus beetle (taxonomic: Alphitobius laevigatus), black fungus moth (taxonomic: Metalectra tantillus), black fungus gnat (taxonomic: Asindulum nigrum), dark fungus
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